Lesléa Newman: "Alicia and the Hurricane: A Story of Puerto Rico / Alicia y el huracán: Un cuento de Puerto Rico" Bilingual Storytime

After snuggling into bed each night, Alicia listens for the big voices of the tiny coquíes that live all around Puerto Rico and sing her to sleep. Ko-kee, ko-kee, the little frogs call. Ko-kee, ko-kee.

Después de acurrucarse en la cama cada noche, Alicia escucha las formidables voces de los diminutos coquíes que viven en todo Puerto Rico y le cantan para que se duerma. Co-quí, co-quí cantan las ranitas. Co-quí, co-quí.

Springfield City Library will host award-winning author Lesléa Newman for a bilingual (English/Spanish) storytime on Wednesday, May 7 at 4pm at Springfield City Library. Kids will hear the story Alicia and the Hurricane: A Story of Puerto Rico / Alicia y el huracán: Un cuento de Puerto Rico, which offers a tender look at the resilience of people whose lives have been disrupted by a natural disaster, and I Can Be...Me!, a joyful picture book celebrating children’s freedom to express themselves through play.

Following the storytime, kids will be invited to participate in a frog-themed craft activity!

​​This Mass Kids Lit Fest event is presented in partnership with the Massachusetts Center for the Book. For a full schedule, please visit https://www.makidslitfest.org/.

Lesléa Newman has created 87 books for readers of all ages including the children’s books, Alicia and the Hurricane: A Story of Puerto Rico, The Babka Sisters, I Can Be….ME!, Joyful Song: A Naming Story, and Ketzel, The Cat Who Composed. Her literary awards include two National Jewish Book Awards, two American Library Association Stonewall Honors, a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Massachusetts Book Award. From 2008 - 2010, she served as the poet laureate of Northampton, MA.